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1 posted on 03/10/2011 10:12:33 PM PST by newzjunkey
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2 posted on 03/10/2011 10:15:07 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

My eQuake Alert add-on for Firefox has had a “whol-lotta shak’n go’n on” lately. This one....ouch...Tsunami??


3 posted on 03/10/2011 10:16:03 PM PST by RckyRaCoCo (I prefer liberty with danger to peace with slavery, IXNAY THE TSA!)
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To: newzjunkey

Holy S***! That is a huge quake. Luckily Japan has very strict building codes.


4 posted on 03/10/2011 10:17:03 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: Candor7

Oh, my. Is your family okay??


6 posted on 03/10/2011 10:19:38 PM PST by azishot (Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo; sushiman

Are you OK, FRiends...?


10 posted on 03/10/2011 10:21:35 PM PST by nutmeg (God bless Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin)
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To: newzjunkey

Tsunami watch just called for Oahu, Kauai, and Maui till around 3 a.m.


11 posted on 03/10/2011 10:24:27 PM PST by BuckyKat (Green is the new red.)
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AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2011.03.11.055747


13 posted on 03/10/2011 10:27:00 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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Oh!


18 posted on 03/10/2011 10:29:08 PM PST by Joya (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house ...)
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To: newzjunkey

Geez! Lots of vehicles in the water.


21 posted on 03/10/2011 10:30:42 PM PST by abigailsmybaby ("To understan' the livin', you gotta commune wit' da dead." Minerva)
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By BNO News

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning System puts magnitude of quake off northeastern japan at 8.1.


23 posted on 03/10/2011 10:33:23 PM PST by roses of sharon ("Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise." Luke 23:43)
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CNN now upgrading the quake to 8.8... Wow.

Prayers for the people of Japan and in the entire region...

29 posted on 03/10/2011 10:38:44 PM PST by nutmeg (God bless Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin)
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Wikipedia already has it listed as the seventh most powerful earthquake on record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

32 posted on 03/10/2011 10:48:45 PM PST by TChad
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To: newzjunkey

I have asked the AM to update the title to reflect the new 8.8 level...


35 posted on 03/10/2011 10:56:27 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. /P. J. O'Rourke, 1991)
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7.1 aftershock.

MAP	 7.1  	2011/03/11 06:25:51 	  38.074 	  144.559 	 26.5 	 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 3.2  	2011/03/11 06:18:04 	  19.350 	 -154.991 	 9.5 	 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP	 6.8  	2011/03/11 06:15:46 	  36.126 	  140.234 	 30.2 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 6.4  	2011/03/11 06:07:22 	  36.401 	  141.862 	 35.4 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 6.4  	2011/03/11 06:06:11 	  39.025 	  142.316 	 25.1 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 8.8  	2011/03/11 05:46:24 	  38.322 	  142.369 	 24.4 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

38 posted on 03/10/2011 10:58:38 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey
Watched tsunami live on NHK. That was some terrifying footage. Eighty foot plus boats thrown around like tub toys.
39 posted on 03/10/2011 10:59:38 PM PST by WePledge (Semper Fidelis)
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To: Admin Moderator; All
Can you change the title to reflect the 8.9?
40 posted on 03/10/2011 11:01:09 PM PST by newzjunkey
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To: newzjunkey

CNN has it listed as an 8.9. Wow!


51 posted on 03/10/2011 11:53:16 PM PST by Pinkbell
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To: newzjunkey

Wow! Just heard on WTIC AM radio. Having just gotten up, this is a BIG earthquake.


64 posted on 03/11/2011 3:09:13 AM PST by Biggirl ("The Best Of Times, The Worse Of Times", Charles Dickens)
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In case anyone is keeping track, there’s been a pretty good swarm of quakes in the Gulf of California today. A little too close to home...


129 posted on 03/12/2011 2:42:31 PM PST by Raebie
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